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Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993

LC control no.n 90625146
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Personal name headingCampanella, Roy, 1921-1993
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1921-11-19
Death date1993-06-26
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathWoodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
AffiliationBaltimore Elite Giants (Baseball team) Negro National League Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
Profession or occupationBaseball players
Found inTackach, J. Roy Campanella, c1990: CIP t.p. (Roy Campanella)
LC data base, 03-28-90 (hdg.: Campanella, Roy, 1921- )
Internet, URL: yahoo://informationplease.com/ipsa, Oct. 30, 1998 (Roy Campanella; b. Nov. 19, 1921; d. June 26, 1993; 3-time NL MVP; led Brooklyn to 1st World Series (1955))
African American National Biography, accessed January 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Campanella, Roy; baseball player; born 19 November 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; joined Baltimore Elite Giants in Negro National League (NNL) (1937-1942 and 1944-1945); appeared in Negro League all-star game, known as the East-West Classic (1941, 1944, and 1945); joined the Dodgers (1948); won three Most Valuable Player awards (1951, 1953, and 1955); selected to eight consecutive all-star teams (1949-1956); published autobiography, It's Good to Be Alive (1959); the exhibition game Dodgers vs. Yankees to raise funds for his medical expenses had the largest attendance in baseball history (1959); voted into National Baseball Hall of Fame (1969); worked in Dodgers' community services department, Los Angeles (1978); died 26 June 1993 in Woodland Hills, California, United States)
Associated languagefre eng